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Policy LE2: Land At Weston Farm, Oswestry

The site of 12 hectares adjacent to Weston Farm, Oswestry is allocated for employment development during the plan period as the first phase in establishing a larger industrial estate of 22 hectares in the Weston Farm Area.

The whole site will be developed according to a comprehensive plan to include a high degree of landscaping and screening.

5.23 - This is the major employment land allocation to serve the town of Oswestry. A site of 22 hectares is indicated on the Plan, although only 12 hectares will be required within the plan period. This is done to indicate the eventual extent of development and to allow it to be designed comprehensively. The site is situated to the West of the existing Mile Oak Industrial Estate, over the railway line. It is envisaged that the site would be accessed from a new roundabout on the Maesbury Road and via the existing Cadwallader depot, requiring adequate means of crossing the railway line. The applicant will be asked to produce a Traffic Impact Assessment to judge the need for further off-site road improvement.

5.24 - The site will be developed according to a development brief produced by the Council to establish the phasing of development and the type of development envisaged, its layout, design, construction materials and landscaping. A comprehensive planting scheme along the Western boundary of the site will be required in order to screen the town residential areas to the west and to protect the character of the adjoining countryside beyond Weston Lane.

5.25 - The area is particularly sensitive to the risk of pollution and is located on a major aquifer of high vulnerability which represents a valuable asset in terms of water resources. Attention is drawn to the provisions of Policy NE11 (Watercourses) and NE12 (Water Resources and New Developments).

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